Psalms 103:10

103:10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; ¹ 

he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. ² 

Psalms 103:12

103:12 As far as the eastern horizon ³  is from the west, ⁴ 

so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions ⁵  from us.

Ezekiel 18:22

18:22 None of the sins he has committed will be held ⁶  against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

Micah 7:19

7:19 You will once again ⁷  have mercy on us;

you will conquer ⁸  our evil deeds;

you will hurl our ⁹  sins into the depths of the sea. ¹⁰ 

[103:10]  ¹ tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”

[103:10]  ² tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”

[103:12]  ³ tn Heb “sunrise.”

[103:12]  ⁴ tn Or “sunset.”

[103:12]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.

[18:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “remembered.”

[7:19]  ⁷ tn The verb יָשׁוּב (yashuv, “he will return”) is here used adverbially in relation to the following verb, indicating that the Lord will again show mercy.

[7:19]  ⁸ tn Some prefer to read יִכְבֹּס (yikhbos, “he will cleanse”; see HALOT 459 s.v. כבס pi). If the MT is taken as it stands, sin is personified as an enemy that the Lord subdues.

[7:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “their sins,” but the final mem (ם) may be enclitic rather than a pronominal suffix. In this case the suffix from the preceding line (“our”) may be understood as doing double duty.

[7:19]  ¹⁰ sn In this metaphor the Lord disposes of Israel’s sins by throwing them into the waters of the sea (here symbolic of chaos).